| Early detection of cardiac involvement in patients with sarcoidosis by a non-invasive method with ultrasonic tissue characterisation. | |
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PMID: 15486119 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVES: To clarify the value of cycle dependent variation of myocardial integrated backscatter (CV-IB) analysis, which non-invasively measures acoustic properties of the myocardium, for early detection of cardiac involvement in patients with sarcoidosis. METHODS: The study population consisted of 22 consecutive patients with biopsy proven sarcoidosis who did not have any abnormal findings on conventional two dimensional echocardiogram. Cardiac sarcoidosis was diagnosed by radionuclide testing including thallium-201 scintigraphy, gallium-67 scintigraphy, and cardiac fluorine-18-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography. The magnitude and delay of the CV-IB were analysed in the basal mid septum and the basal mid posterior wall of the left ventricle of all patients. RESULTS: The patients were divided into two groups: 8 patients with cardiac involvement and 14 patients without cardiac involvement. In the basal septum, a major reduction in the magnitude (mean (SD) 1.8 (4.4) v 6.6 (1.3), p = 0.012) and an increase in the time delay (1.3 (0.5) v 1.0 (0.1), p = 0.038) of CV-IB were observed in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis even in the absence of two dimensional echocardiographic abnormalities. The sensitivity for detecting cardiac involvement was such that the magnitude of CV-IB in the basal septum discriminated 75% of patients with cardiac sarcoidosis from those with non-cardiac sarcoidosis, whereas two dimensional echocardiographic parameters did not discriminate between these two groups. CONCLUSIONS: The CV-IB is decreased in the basal septum in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis even in the absence of two dimensional echocardiographic abnormalities. Analysis of CV-IB may be a useful method to detect early myocardial involvement in patients with sarcoidosis. |
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E Hyodo; T Hozumi; Y Takemoto; H Watanabe; T Muro; H Yamagishi; M Yoshiyama; K Takeuchi; J Yoshikawa |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Heart (British Cardiac Society) Volume: 90 ISSN: 1468-201X ISO Abbreviation: Heart Publication Date: 2004 Nov |
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Created Date: 2004-10-15 Completed Date: 2004-11-22 Revised Date: 2009-11-18 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9602087 Medline TA: Heart Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1275-80 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Osaka City University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan. |
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Cardiomyopathies
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ultrasonography* Early Diagnosis Echocardiography Female Humans Male Middle Aged Reproducibility of Results Sarcoidosis / ultrasonography* Sensitivity and Specificity |
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